Midnight in Paris 

8/10

A really awesome concept that focuses on a writer in Paris.  Every night at Midnight he is transported to Paris during the 1920's where he meets a host of famous writers and painters.  Owen Wilson as always played himself but it works for this story.  A really simple but enjoyable film.

Contagion

6.5/10

This story focuses on a plague-like disease starting when it first appears in the human population and moving on until society begins to fall apart.  Overall the concept was interesting but the story seemed rather pieced together instead of flowing.  Seemed too unfocused.  Should have narrowed the scope. 

Gojira said:

Kill List

7/10

An OK British film about hired killers. Don't know the cast member's names at the top of my head (one of the killers played Tyres in 'Spaced'), but they do a good job. The film is dark and creepy, and it gets pretty surreal near the end, and the ending is.... well I won't spoil it. 

50/50

8/10

Joseph Gordon-Levitt was very good in his role as a mid-twenties guy who is suddenly diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.  He really does a good job of what I imagine the emotions would be like if I were going through something like that.  Seth Rogan almost ruins it though.  His ability to not only play himself almost got in the way of  Joseph's performance.

GAB said:

Four Lions (2010)
Ooh, my wife despised this film, but black comedy has never been her thing.
This works very well as a black comedy, but I caught it on TV and wished I'd had subtitles to get me off the a running start. My primary problem (and it may have been my problem) was how long it took me to get to know the individual characters. Aside from Omar and Barry, the relationships between the others took awhile for me.
52 on a scale of 72

Chronicle 8/10

Oh God not another "found footage" film might be the first reaction for many people to this movie, and it is ture, the gimmich is getting old.  This film isn't all about the found footage though.  It has enough good parts in it to stand alone.  This film isn't particularly innovative in any way.  It tells the story of a troubled teen whose mother is dying and whose father is an abbusive asshole who suddenly stumples into a hole with his cousin and the most popular guy in school.  Down in that hole they find a unexplained thing that gives them telekinetic power.  It seems like it should be a massive cliche but after seeing this thing it felt fresh and like a brilliantly told story. 

In Time 3/10

The Concept of this film involves a world in which humans when they reach the age of 25 have a clock that is constantly counting down.  They can only live longer by getting more time.  Time is the currensy where some people have centuries and some have minutes.  This film follows our main character who lives in the poorest area, or "time zone" who is suddenly given the gift of time by a man who no longer wishes to live.  Overall the idea was really good but the execution was just awful.  It punched you in the face with its symbolism, the plot jumped all over the place, and the acting was bad all around.  Even Justin Timberlake, who has been good in most things, was off his game.  Dont' bother. 

Mechanical_Bowl said:

In Time 3/10

The Concept of this film involves a world in which humans when they reach the age of 25 have a clock that is constantly counting down.  They can only live longer by getting more time.  Time is the currensy where some people have centuries and some have minutes.  This film follows our main character who lives in the poorest area, or "time zone" who is suddenly given the gift of time by a man who no longer wishes to live.  Overall the idea was really good but the execution was just awful.  It punched you in the face with its symbolism, the plot jumped all over the place, and the acting was bad all around.  Even Justin Timberlake, who has been good in most things, was off his game.  Dont' bother. 

oriSTUDFARM said:

That's a shame. The trailer looked fantastic and, as you say, Justin Timberlake is usually good in most things. Oh well....

Hugo 9/10

This movie focuses on Hugo, an orphan who secretly keeps the clocks running at a train station in paris now that his drunk uncle has dissapeared.  His one goal in life is to fix an automaton that his father was working on before he died in a fire.  While attempting to do so he uncovers a great mystery that he must solve with the help of a friend he meets along the way.  Overall I loved this film.  The way it was shot was magical.  Rent it if you haven't already seen it. 

Chronicle 3/4 stars

The premise was pretty good. Better then most of the original superhero genre that have been done. It play out like a regular movie accept a lot of the camera work is done hand cam footage. And I think the the hand cam style is what did let rank it higher. I felt it was more distracting with that style. Other wise I think it was a pretty good story.

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 3/5 stars 

This was more of a reboot then just a sequel. Few things were cool about it and some visuals but the story could been better especially by the guys that did the Crank movies and Gamer. I don't many here will like it, I thought it was entertaining enough with a few element from the comics.

This Means War  3/4 stars

I think for the most part this was good action flick with Tom Hardy and Chris Pine. The other part that was not good was the "rom com" with Reese Weatherspoon. Though they were funny parts of them fighting over her I think it was the weak parts of the movie. Especially parts with Chelsea Handler. I would like to see a sequel with just Tom Hardy and Chris Pine being sort of a new spy action movie.

Arrietty 3/4 stars

It was an OK anime, nothing really too special about the animation and story.

The Lorax 3/4 stars

This was of course different then what the original books was. Mostly because the original story was very short. It fit it's style of Dr Suess in this world. I didn't think it was worth the 3D though.

Wanderlust 3/4 stars

A comedy with Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston directed by Role Model's David Wain. I thought iti was funny but not as funny as Role Models. The acting in it was good but I think the story was just a bit weak for me.

admmarius said:

At the risk of looking like a bandwagon rider The Avengers was frakking awesome!!